The Ontario Curling Tour is a group of curling bonspiels, which takes places in Ontario, Canada and attracts some of the top male and female curlers in the province, and from across the country and world. The OCT was designed to promote competitive curling from a grass root level.

The events for the Ontario Curling Tour begin at the end of August and typically run until December, with occasional events taking place in January. Several of the events on the Ontario Curling Tour are also included in the World Curling Tour. All events on the Ontario Curling Tour, much like those on World Curling Tour, contain a prize purse for the winning teams, and award CTRS (Canadian Team Ranking System) points to the Canadian teams competing. CTRS points qualify teams for the Canadian Olympic Curling Trials and events such as the Canada Cup of Curling.[1]

Men's events

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Event Location Week Purse
Stu Sells Oakville Tankard Oakville, Ontario 4 CAD$ 28,000
Biosteel Oakville Fall Classic Oakville, Ontario 5 CAD$15,000
AMJ Campbell Shorty Jenkins Classic Cornwall, Ontario 6 CAD$60,200
Moosehead Fall Open Ottawa, Ontario 7 CAD$6,000
KW Fall Classic Waterloo, Ontario 7 CAD$9,900
Navy Fall Classic Open Bonspiel Ottawa, Ontario 8 CAD$5,300
Moosehead Classic Ottawa, Ontario 9 CAD$10,000
StuSells Toronto Tankard Toronto, Ontario 9 CAD$42,000
St. Paul Cashspiel St. Paul, Minnesota 9 USD$12,400
Stroud Sleeman Cash Spiel Stroud, Ontario 10 CAD$12,380
Kalamazoo Curling Open Kalamazoo, Michigan 10 USD$3,600
Challenge de Curling de Gatineau Gatineau, Quebec 11 CAD$41,000
Huron ReproGraphics Oil Heritage Classic Sarnia, Ontario 12 CAD$15,900
1000 Islands Gagnoque Open Cash Spiel Gananoque, Ontario 12 CAD$12,000
Challenge Nord-Ouest Air Creebec Val-d'Or, Quebec 13 $12,640
CookstownCash presented by Comco Canada Inc. Cookstown, Ontario 13 CAD$11,200
West City Honda Men's Curling Classic Trenton, Ontario 13 CAD$4,700
Comco Cash Spiel Stroud, Ontario 14 CAD$12,500
Experience Curling Classic Baie-d'Urfé, Quebec 14 CAD$5,440
Fort Wayne Mad Anthony CashSpiel Fort Wayne, Indiana 15 USD$4,560
Port Elgin Superspiel Port Elgin, Ontario 15 CAD$12,300
The Burnt Rock Curling Co. Carp Classic Carp, Ontario 15 CAD$6,800
Secker Ross & Perry Eastern Ontario Championship Kingston, Ontario 17 CAD$12,000
Brantford Nissan Classic Brantford, Ontario 17 CAD$11,600
Curl Mesabi Cash Spiel Eveleth, Minnesota 18 USD$18,000
US Open of Curling Blaine, Minnesota 21 USD$19,000
The Dominion Tankard Various 26 CAD$

Events in bold are part of the World Curling Tour

Women's events

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Event Location Week Purse
Stu Sells Oakville Tankard Oakville, Ontario 4 CAD$23,000
Biosteel Oakville Fall Classic Oakville, Ontario 5 CAD$9,000
AMJ Campbell Shorty Jenkins Classic Cornwall, Ontario 6 CAD$29,500
KW Fall Classic Waterloo, Ontario 7 CAD$9,375
StuSells Toronto Tankard Toronto, Ontario 9 CAD$16,000
St. Paul Cashspiel St. Paul, Minnesota 9 USD$6,450
Stroud Sleeman Cash Spiel Stroud, Ontario 10 CAD$7,425
Kalamazoo Women's Classic Kalamazoo, Michigan 10 USD$3,000
Gord Carroll Curling Classic Whitby, Ontario 12 $8,500
Royal LePage OVCA Women's Fall Classic Kemptville, Ontario 13 CAD$20,000
CookstownCash presented by Comco Canada Inc Cookstown, Ontario 12 CAD$6,200
Comco Cash Spiel Stroud, Ontario 14 CAD$12,500
Experience Curling Classic Baie-d'Urfé, Quebec 14 CAD$3,800
Listowel Women's Classic Listowel, Ontario 15 CAD$5,000
Ontario Scotties Qualifier East Various 16 -
Ontario Scotties Qualifier West Various 16 -
Secker Ross & Perry Eastern Ontario Championship Kingston, Ontario 17 CAD$12,600
Brantford Nissan Classic Brantford, Ontario 17 CAD$8,100
Curl Mesabi Cash Spiel Eveleth, Minnesota 18 USD$12,000
Ontario Scotties Challenge Round Various 19 -
US Open of Curling Blaine, Minnesota 21 $14,200
Ontario Scotties Tournament of Hearts Various 23 CAD$

Events in bold are part of the World Curling Tour

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "What is the Canadian Team Ranking System?". Canadian Curling Association.